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Enter your email address below:. Good info! Simply create aliases of the icons already there, and replace the original folders with the new aliases. Then place the original folders where you like not on the desktop, of course. This scheme has essentially the same result as clearing the desktop altogether, as the limited memory allotted to the Finder deals with Aliases much better since they are much smaller than their counterparts. Things will definitely goes faster. Advice for anybody using a Mac or a MacBook: I switched because of the functionality that Apple offers.
Just stay on top of that clutter! Every minutes, the computer freezes for 1 to 4 seconds. Its seems to be because of rpcsvchost. I find that not letting apps run for extended periods more than 4 or 5 hours at a time , and doing a complete shutdown, DSL modem included once a week seems to do wonders! PC master race. My mac was recently extremely slow, causing beach balls all the time. I could not start any apps. It turned out that I had extreme big logs 4GB — more specificly the kernel log was that big.
The bzip2 process was trying to compress the logs. So another good tip: Try this: Open Safari, then open three tabs.
Set another tab to something with a large java applet. And finally set another tab to something with a lot of Flash video, ads, or games. Check memory usage. Now let those things stay open for 2 hours and check memory usage again. Java has in-built garbage collection, making it extremely difficult to have memory leaks, unless you are purposely going out of your way to store masses of data.
Ok first, a gc does not keep you from having a memory issue. Maybe not leak per se but a badly thought through a program could easily keep creating more objects without letting them leave scope. Also same thing goes for JavaScript.
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I had a webpage use 20gb of ram once before I had to kill it. Proper resource cleanup would minimize or eliminate the leaks. I can say that the performance improvements from upgrading the ram and the HDD on a Macbook can be dramatic. I am still amazed by how fast it got.
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Just make sure you have lots of free space on the SSD. This is common in Macs as Apple typically includes Seagate drives. After that, they become painfully slow. Replacing with a true SSD NOT a hybrid will have the most significant performance improvement…assuming you can live with the reduced space. How do I fix this?
Delete that crap plugin safari. Excellent info. My mac runs slow when I have a lot of tabs open and some tracking cookies will slow down my mac everything is back to normal after I run a anti-malware utility. Software Update, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. Some things missing from the article: Running Disk Permissions can speed things up, also clearing out old caches can help using a program like Onyx. Lack of System Memory is a killer. Firstly run Activity Monitor and click the System Memory tab. You will see a pie chart, The green slice is Free Memory — you need plenty of this. Leave Activity Monitor running so you can see what happens.
Now, run Terminal.
All running processes are frozen while purge does its job. Eventually, Terminal will prompt for a new command, but wait a bit longer. Looking at Activity Monitor will now show a much bigger green slice. Why cant some one try and come out with a modified versionsied OSX or cutshort mini versions which can have only the essential components and applied tweaks. In windows these tiny versions available from torrent sites. The complete operating system comes in a CD less than MB disk space. Easy to see and one click to clean the RAM. Major Duh. Help boards like these are mainly for people who have older macs, and over time a mac, just like a pc, can become slow.
Get a life, and stick to your Windoze forums, troll. I have been a Mac fan for years.
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I know computers well and built my fist one in 6th grade in I use them as a power user all day long. Macs were awesome until and are so slow and painful to use now. Steve Jobs would roll over if he knew what has happened. I have had every iPhone since the first day always and now i dont want to use it and cant wait to get an android.
It also happens with Firefox Is there an easier fix to the browser issues I have? Dude, thanks for the article! Problem solved. None of the above in my case. You forgot the most obvious reason — Macs suck! Upgrading the OS is the last thing you should do. My fastest Macs are the ones still on Snow Leopard and the slowest one is only a year old on Mavericks. Apple quality and usability has dropped like a brick every since Jobs died.
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I only own Mac computers — so many fewer problems. I utilized many of them on my MacBook Pro. I am pc user for long time. I am now in a mix environment with Macs. I will give some of the suggestions a try. Thansk all for sharing.
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One problem not described here is the HD cables. MacBook Pro series of year have had several problems with bad internal HD cables. Upgrading to a solid state drive makes in much faster! The OS is too much of a hog for older machines. I have my imac is not give me sound i have try this still the same but is show as the sound is ok but is not ok so i did no know what to do….
You really should include that as an intermediate step before hard drive failure, so as not to freak people out. It takes an awful lot—and several years—of directory corruption to cause a hard drive to fail. Name required. Mail will not be published required. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. Enter your email address below: Posted by: Ric says: October 11, at 3: Kacey Freeman says: May 20, at 9: Lois Meyer says: October 11, at 4: Klein says: Bob says: October 11, at 5: October 11, at 7: October 12, at 6: Stephen says: December 4, at 3: AppleUser says: September 23, at 2: November 4, at 7: June 11, at 7: February 2, at 3: MacTech says: October 12, at 9: October 12, at 8: Followed your process to force re-index.
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